Geminids meteor shower

The Geminids meteor shower should reach peak activity around the 13th and 14th December. Conditions this year are not ideal with the presence of a waning gibbous moon, but it may still be possible to spot some shooting stars. Geminid meteors are often slow and bright with coloured trails which can linger for a while after the meteor has burned up. The object that created the stream of debris associated with the Geminids is not a comet, but a rocky asteroid called Phaethon 3200, part of a group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the Earth.